The Night Ship Novels & Stories

Subsequently, Stormbringer directly flipped over the windowsill of the building and leaped down from the third floor! It was ten o’clock at night, a timing which counted as late night time. But for those who were on this gambling cruise ship on Lake Ty, the night was still young. The gambling cruise ship had been converted from a cruise ship. When night fell, the ship would be decorated with lanterns and colored banners. From the outside, the ship looked like a massive artwork floating on the lake. Only the powerful and influential from Strego City or dignitaries from the south were qualified to step onto the ship. The ship offered everything guests could think of. They got to have fun with

The voices intensified as a beam of light lit up Jeremy on a higher stage. The rhythm he played started soft and slow but little by little the drums intensified. When the symbols crashed, a platform rose onto the stage with Kyung Jiho on it. Hae Mina grinned when she saw the white slivers light up under the black lights. On the back of Kyung Jiho's shirt was his name and on the arm was the Nightide emblem. The drum's symbols crashed and the next instrument joined. One by one, Nightide appeared on the stage with their parts. Hae Mina knew this was not her song to come in on because she had never been given a part.

He knew in an instant that it was Travis's ship. A three mass ship with dark sails. It was the complete opposite of The Morning Star. It was dark. Even the wood the ship was made out of was darker. It's dark sails had a white crescent moon with a small silver star that dangled off the end of the moon. It looked haunting as it sailed towards the open ocean. Ghostly against the dark sky. Gavin's throat felt like it was closing as he watched it.

She notices it and asks. “Why are you so quiet, are you scared of this, shouldn't I have told you about it because it is already night? Yeah, it's night and you might get a nightmare about this. I'm sorry son, I should have waited till morning before telling you this, I shouldn't have said it now,” mom apologizes because she actually thinks I'm afraid of the news she brought me as it is already night and I'll be getting some sleep soon, but that's not the reason I'm quiet. I'm quiet because I actually feel guilty about all of this, I feel like I would have been able to do something.

During one of their first few nights in the vast open water, Nero saw, or imagined he saw, a vessel standing for them under a press of sail, as though it would run them down. Luna in particular affirmed that it was the ship that once sank due to a storm, and that it must certainly be it, or at least it was its the apparition. According from what she heard, there was once a ship that was lost off the {Cape of Good Hope, change the name}, and every soul on board perished. Wasting no time, the cats approached their masters to report this sighting. As they ran as fast as their four stubby legs could take them, they cried to their fellow members.

A strong hand clapped him on the back drawing his attention forward. “Look, see there!” Dean said, pointing to the Black sails coming around the corner. Gavin's first reaction was to grab a hold of Dean for touching him but paused. Gavin’s eyes spotted the ghost-like ship gliding across the ocean. It was still as haunting as the first time he laid eyes on it. It was a ship from nightmares but it was stunning. He spotted her golden hair as the ship drew near. The doom in his stomach fading slightly. The Evening Star pulled up alongside the Morning Star day and night at a stand still.

“My dear, it’s getting late. I need to quickly show her everything and then she has to meet Nelli before the party. Hurry now. Make sure everything is ready for the guests.” I watch as Mrs. Stillson sashays away into another room and Mr. Stillson’s attention rests on me once again. He steps to my side and takes my hand as he leads me through each room. Noticing that as we get to each room, he puts in a pass code in a keypad on the wall the hairs raise up yet again on the back of my neck. “The code for each room changes every night, but you will always be told in advance of them, so you don’t get stuck anywhere.”

Would I have the heart to? The world passed me by, as I made my way through on the bridge and past the bank, and the pizza parlour and the mall as well. All of Miami Vice never looked more beautiful at the time. The nightlights went by me individually, and I could see the crystal blue water of the beach make its appearance. The beach was coming closer and closer, even though I did not want it to, and I continued to drive closer and closer to my destination.

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Off the Coast of Sicily The night air was thick with mist, the sea stretching out in an endless, inky black expanse, the only sound that could be heard was the rhythmic hum of the cargo ship’s engines as it sailed through the dark waters. The shipment—millions of dollars’ worth of weapons and narcotics—was bound for one of Jeremy Cali’s private ports, a routine drop-off that should have gone off without a hitch. It never made it. The attack happened in minutes. Speedboats appeared out of nowhere, their blackened hulls blending into the night, moving fast, precise, silent.